Just as beautiful as the rest of the beaches in eastern Havana, Mi Cayito is best known for being Havana’s LGBT beach.
Just as beautiful as the rest of the beaches in eastern Havana, Mi Cayito is best known for being Havana’s LGBT beach.
5Santa María is the most popular beach among both Habaneros and visitors. It has lodgings, restaurants, watersports hire, grocery stores and a pharmacy. As with the other beahes, it boasts soft, white …
5Probably the most well known venue for jazz in Havana, the ‘Fox & Crow’ offers an intimate environment in this basement venue notably marked by a red English telephone box at its entrance. Top jaz …
Jazz
Jazz ClubAdmission: CUC 10Open: Open 10pm-2am dailyCalle 23, entre N y O
5There is only one problem with Ivan Chef Justo and that is describing to people how to get there. Actually it is not that complicated, opposite the Museum of the Revolution on the Old Havana side. Con …
5If you attend any of the concerts that are held here in an effort to save this place from the state of semi-neglect it has been plunged into for many years, it would be a good time to appreciate the m …
Art NouveauRizo y Baire, Cerro
5+History & Architecture Initiated in its present form in 1716, this religious edifice was the most important symbol of the presence of the Franciscan order in Havana. It is a remake of an original, …
BaroqueAdmission: CUC 2Open: 9am-6:30pm dailyOficios e/ Amargura y Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja
5History & architecture In 1909, Governor General Aubert decided to build a new venue for the Provincial Government where the old city wall used to be. The design was by architects Rodolfo Marurí ( …
EclecticAdmission: CUC 5Open: 10am-5pm dailyRefugio #1 e/ Avenida de las Misiones y Zulueta, Habana Vieja
5+This museum opened in 1964 and is housed in the house of José Gómez Mena, a mansion designed by the French architects P. Virad and M. Destugué in 1927. Gómez’s sister, María Luisa Gómez Mena, a wealth …
EclecticAdmission: Tour CUC 3 (English-speaking guides available); free under-12sOpen: 10:30am-5:30pm Tue-Sat; 10am-12:30pm Sun17 #502 esquina a E
5Located on the north-west corner of the former Plaza de la Ciénaga, today Plaza de la Catedral, this mansion stands out from its neighbors due to its wide and spacious portal juts out onto the plaza, …
ColonialAdmission: FreeSan Ignacio #54, esq. a Empedrado, Habana Vieja
5Edificio de Arte Cubano – The Cuban collection The 30,000 plus pieces that form the Cuban collection is divided into six basic sections: Colonial Art (from the 16th to the 19th century), with a room d …
ModernAdmission: CUC 5 / CUC 8Open: 10am-6pm Tues-SunTrocadero e/ Zulueta y Monserrate, Habana Vieja
5+José Antonio Rodríguez Fuster is a ceramist, draftsman, painter and printmaker. He has made illustrations for several publications, participated in a number of international symposiums and events, and …